Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Leather billboard murals NYC

Timberland Billboards will be on display throughout the holidays. Proceeds benefit local community partners.

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Brooklyn - Alan Ket (KET) is a Brooklyn-born artist who has painted all over the world. He is an active participant in street art and hip hop culture and helped to launch Stress and Complex magazines.
Location: 3rd Avenue and Flatbush
Community Partner: Billboard will be donated to Publicolor, a local organization dedicated to bringing color and art to New York City public schools

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The Bronx- Andre Trenier is a highly regarded artist and founder of Tangible Thoughts. The collective is known for its custom sneakers and recently collaborated with New Era on a line of caps reflecting the different elements of hip hop culture.
Location: Creston South and 118th Street
Community Partner: Billboard will be donated to the New York City Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

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Harlem - PART is a New York City legend who started his career in Harlem and is well known for bridging the gap between the old and new generations of street artists.
Location: 125th Street and 5th Avenue
Community Partner: Billboard will be donated to the READ Foundation and displayed at a local Harlem school

And get this: they will make 3 pairs of BOOTS out of the billboards. We'll show you those too when it happens.

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Monday, December 11, 2006

Make your own books and photobooks

Kevin Kelly on Cooltools explains the best options for printing your own books online.

The service he suggests for image and photo books is www.blurb.com

Blurb has a free downloadable
PDF file that teaches you how to make a book.

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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Cintiq by Wacom

Drawing tablets that display the drawing as you work on it, with pressure sensitivity too. Ahh, heaven. Santa please.

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